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HAVELSAN’s total R&D activities covers 22% in “Turkey’s Top 500 IT Companies” research.
of our total revenue in 2015. At the same Moving forward 26 ranks, HAVELSAN was
year, our equity capital ratio reserved for ranked at 218th place in “Turkey’s Top 500
R&D activities was 5, 5% of the total revenue. Companies” list in 2016.
Since 2011, the number of registrations of
trademark, secured copyright (, patent and HAVELSAN Becomes Globalised
utility model for the products chosen from HAVELSAN is taking strategic steps towards
the HAVELSAN Asset Library has increased, the future. One of these steps was the
and the HAVELSAN Intellectual and Industrial acquisition of US-based Quantum3D
Property Portfolio has been created. Company by HAVELSAN. As a result of this
Number of registered products within the acquisition, which was officially announced
scope of intellectual and industrial property in May 2015 and completed in 2016, HAVELSAN
rights has reached 56 (21 secured copyrights, has reached the technology level of the rare
25 trademark registrations, 4 utility models companies capable of completing the image
and 6 patents) as of the end of the first half production process indigenously within
of 2016. its own system. With Quantum3D joining,
HAVELSAN has also become one of US’ local
While HAVELSAN believes in the importance companies.
of figures like turnover, profitability, share
allocated to R&D, and exports, it is also While Turkey aims to become one of the
aware that what makes a company successful world’s top 10 economies by the year 2023,
is not limited to those details. HAVELSAN is HAVELSAN is working to reach a turnover of
one of the very limited number of domestic $1.5 billion by the same year. Preparing its
companies which have received the CMMI strategic plans accordingly, our company
Level 3 certificate, the most widely accepted will continue to make progress by adding
process improvement model, with a very new stakeholders to the current ones, and
wide scope in comparison to its number of by developing its business ecosystem.
projects. In accordance with its mission, HAVELSAN
is full of excitement and aware of its
Therefore, HAVELSAN, which has recently responsibility first and foremost in the areas
joined the National Quality Movement (UKH) of its own expertise.
EFQM Model, aims to achieve excellence
by utilising elements of total quality
management in all of its processes, business
approaches and all types of activities.
According to HAVELSAN’s point of view,
turning success into a systematic outcome
through total quality management is one
key to competitiveness.

This approach has brought HAVELSAN
“American Turkish Council 2016 Defense
Industry Award” for its dedicated support
for Turkish and American defence industry
cooperation. It was not the only reward for
HAVELSAN in 2016, our company also won
the 1st place for Sectoral Software Category
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